Tonight was a celebration of animation’s top honors — tonight was the night of the 46th Annual Annie Awards. The Annie Awards are presented to those who excel in the animation field and are voted upon by professionals of ASIFA Hollywood (International Animated Film Association).
Pixar Animation Studios received a total of 11 nominations for Incredibles 2 and took home two awards for Outstanding Storyboarding (Dean Kelly) and Outstanding Music (Michael Giacchino) in an Animated Feature Production. Watch a brief wrap-up video of Pixar at the Annie Awards embedded below, or directly on our Pixar Post YouTube channel. (Read even more below for the touching tribute to Adam Burke and Ralph Eggleston’s Winsor McCay Award.)
The June Foray Award, which is given to individuals in recognition of a significant and benevolent impact within the industry of animation, was presented by director Brad Bird who gave an eloquent speech about the late Adam Burke. The 26-year veteran of the animation industry, Adam, worked on several hand-drawn films before his career brought him to Pixar Animation Studios (2003), where he worked on Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Monsters University and Incredibles 2.
Accepting the award was Kim (Adam’s wife), who shared her appreciation for all the love and support she and their two boys have received. It was also announced that the hospital visits that Pixar Animation Studios takes part in (shepherded by Adam Burke), will be now dedicated and named in his honor. We regret not being able to capture Brad and Kim’s tribute and acceptance of the award in our video, but if we find it, we’ll be sure to update our post.
Academy Award-winning director, animator and art director, Ralph Eggleston was also this year’s recipient of the Winsor McCay award. As Eggleston accepted the award, he graciously thanked his mentors, peers, friends and congratulated all the nominees and winners of the night (watch his full speech in the video above).
AWARDS (WINS AND NOMINATIONS)
WINS
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Illumination Nominees: Danny Elfman, Tyler, The Creator
- Early Man Aardman Animations Nominees: Harry Gregson-Williams, Tom Howe, Harry Gregson-Williams, Tom Howe
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Michael Giacchino WINNER
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Henry Jackman, Alan Menken, Phil Johnston, Tom MacDougall, Dan Reynolds
- Smallfoot Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group Nominees: Heitor Pereira, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
- Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Illumination Nominees: Habib Louati
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Dean Kelly – WINNER
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Bobby Alcid Rubio
- Mary Poppins Returns Walt Disney Studios Nominees: Ovi Nedelcu
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Michael Herrera
NOMINATIONS
Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
- Early Man Aardman Animations
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios
- Isle Of Dogs Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures Animation – WINNER
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production
- Early Man Aardman Animations Nominees: Howard Jones, Dave Alex Riddett, Grant Hewlett, Pat Andrew, Elena Vitanza Chiarani
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Patrick Witting, Kiel Gnebba, Spencer Lueders, Joe Pepper, Sam Rickles
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Greg Gladstone, Tolga Göktekin, Jason Johnston, Eric Lacroix, Krzysztof Rost
- Next Gen Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix Nominees: So Ishigaki, Graham Wiebe
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Cesar Velazquez, Marie Tollec, Alexander Moaveni, Peter DeMund, Ian J. Coony – WINNER
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
- Early Man Aardman Animations Nominees: Laurie Sitzia
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studio Nominees: Lance Fite
- Isle of Dogs Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures Nominees: Jason Stalman
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Vitor Vilela
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: David Han – WINNER
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Matt Nolte
- Mary Poppins Returns Walt Disney Studios Nominees: James Woods
- Next Gen Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix Nominees: Marceline Tanguay
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Ami Thompson
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Shiyoon Kim – WINNER
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
- Early Man Aardman Animations Nominees: Nick Park
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Genndy Tartakovsky
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Brad Bird
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Bob Persichetti , Rodney Rothman , Peter Ramsey – WINNER
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
- Early Man Aardman Animations Nominees: Eddie Redmayne
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Holly Hunter
- Isle of Dogs Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures Nominees: Bryan Cranston – WINNER
- Next Gen Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix Nominees: Charlyne Yi
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Sarah Silverman
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Brad Bird
- Mirai Studio Chizu Nominees: Mamoru Hosoda, Mamoru Hosoda, Stephanie Sheh
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Phil Johnston, Pamela Ribon
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Phil Lord , Rodney Rothman – WINNER
- Teen Titans Go! to the Movies Warner Bros. Animation Nominees: Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
- Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Illumination Nominees: Chris Cartagena
- Incredibles 2 Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Stephen Schaffer, ACE, Anthony J. Greenberg, Katie Schaefer Bishop
- Ralph Breaks The Internet Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Jeremy Milton, Fabienne Rawley, Jesse Averna, John Wheeler, Pace Paulsen
- Ruben Brandt, Collector Hungarian National Film Fund Nominees: Milorad Krstic, Marcell Laszlo, Laszlo Wimmer, Danijel Daka Milosevic
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Bob Fisher, Andrew Leviton, Vivek Sharma – WINNER
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners — Incredibles 2 had a fantastic run at the awards and we’re thrilled to see Dean honored for his jaw-dropping work on the film. Although we would have loved to have seen the Incredibles 2 crew take home more awards, we’re very happy for the entire Spider-Man crew as well.
Pixar Post — Julie & T.J.